CHICAGO (AP) -- Max Scherzer went right back to winning. MiguelCabrera walked off the field.

Scherzer outpitched Chris Sale in a marquee matchup of All-Starstarters to earn his 14th victory, and the Tigers overcameCabrera's injury to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-3 on Mondaynight.

With one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, Cabrera wasreplaced at third base by Don Kelly. The 2012 AL MVP, whoappeared to be holding his left side as he headed to the dugout,was removed with a sore hip flexor muscle and will be evaluatedTuesday.

Detroit manager Jim Leyland said the Tigers are going to "waitand see" on Cabrera's condition.

"You know what? If he's got to miss a few games, he's got tomiss a few games, and we find out how tough we are," Leylandsaid.

Cabrera, who became baseball's first Triple Crown winner in 45years last season, has played in 97 of Detroit's 98 games thisyear. He began the day leading the AL with a .359 battingaverage and 96 RBIs.

After scoring from second in the top of the fifth on VictorMartinez's single, Cabrera tried to loosen up his side. Hewasn't able to do it, so he left the game.

"It (felt) weird," Cabrera said.

Without Cabrera, the Tigers still had more than enough to beatChicago, which gave up five unearned runs.

Scherzer (14-1) won his first 13 decisions before losing hislast outing before he started the All-Star game for the AmericanLeague last Tuesday night at Citi Field. He went eight inningsMonday and allowed four hits while striking out five.

The right-hander, who didn't allow a baserunner until AdamDunn's single with one out in the fifth, increased his strikeouttotal to 157. The only two runs Scherzer gave up came on solohomers by Dayan Viciedo and Conor Gillaspie.

Scherzer also knew what kind of challenge he faced in Sale.

"You know every time when Sale's on the mound, he's one of thebest. You've got to bring your A game if you're going to have achance," Scherzer said. "Tonight I thought I pitched the ballvery well, but I also could have lost. At the same time, myteammates had a good idea of what they wanted to do."

Martinez had four hits to raise his July average to .425 andTorii Hunter homered in the seventh for Detroit, which improvedto 43-9 when scoring five or more runs.

That offense, though, might not be the same if Cabrera is outfor a little while.

"If Miggy comes out of a game he's definitely in pain, butMiggy's one of those guys, he's tough. He won't be out long,"Hunter said. "I definitely think if you need to rest him alittle bit, a couple days, I guess we have to do that. We needhim for the long run. If it takes a couple days for him to getwhere he needs to be, I think we should do it."

Even with Sale pitching, the White Sox were far from where theyneeded to be Monday.

Sale followed Scherzer to the mound in the All-Star game andworked two scoreless innings. This time, the left-hander pitchedeight innings and gave up four runs - two earned. He yieldedseven hits while striking out 11.

Sale (6-9) has struck out at least 10 five times this season.

The Tigers scored two unearned runs in the fifth to make it 3-0when Martinez singled with two outs, bringing in Hernan Perezand Cabrera. Perez led off the inning with a routine grounder toshortstop, but Alexei Ramirez misplayed it for the first of histwo errors.

After retiring Austin Jackson and Hunter, Sale walked Cabreraintentionally and then Fielder to load the bases for Martinez.Sale was visibly upset with the decision to walk Cabrera.

"I like people to earn their way on base," Sale said. "That'sabout it."

Chicago, which was trying to win three straight games for thefirst time since June 8-10, fell to 11-20 against AL Centralteams. The White Sox allowed five unearned runs and made threemore errors to reach 64 after committing 70 last year.

"It's going to happen every once in a while," White Sox managerRobin Ventura said. "You hope this one, even in the second half,is one of those every-once-in-a-whiles."

NOTES: Leyland said it "might be wishful thinking" that Detroit2B Omar Infante (left ankle) could be back by the weekend.Infante has been on the disabled list since July 4. ... PaulKonerko, activated from the 15-day DL following a lower backstrain, was the White Sox designated hitter and went 0 for 3 inhis first game since July 2. ... White Sox RHP Jake Peavy saidthe trade speculation surrounding him "is not something thatconsumes any bit of my thought process." Peavy does not havetrade protection in the two-year contract he signed thisoffseason. ... Tuesday's pitching matchup is Detroit's RickPorcello (6-6, 4.80 ERA) against Chicago's Hector Santiago (3-5,3.30).

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